Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp:2.8 security update
Affects Red Hat gimp:2.8Source GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:50 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated gimp 2.8 packages (version 2.8.22-26.module+el8.8.0+23742+afc45a52.4) that fix these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 systems should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:0027 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official update.
Description
Two heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in GIMP 2.8's DCM and XWD file parsing components could allow remote code execution. These issues are addressed in a security update provided by Red Hat for their Enterprise Linux 8.8 distributions. The vulnerabilities are rated as having important security impact by Red Hat, with a high severity classification in the source data. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The update fixes these vulnerabilities in the gimp 2.8.22-26 module packages.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0027 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2407188 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2407233 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_0027.json (opens in a new tab)